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Sonata Software Limited (SONATSOFTW)

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Sonata Software is a modernization engineering firm focused on transforming enterprises for speed, efficiency, and growth. It serves mid-caps (business heads/CXOs) and large caps (CIOs) with agile solutions across TMT, BFSI, HLS, and RMD verticals, leveraging proprietary IPs like Harmoni.AI.

₹240.5
+0.80 · +0.33%
Market cap ₹7,005 Cr
IndicesNifty 500
ThemesAI / IT
Data qualityFresh enough for analysisQuote updated 21 Oct, 03:31 pm IST
Details
Quote21 Oct, 03:31 pm IST
Base fundamentals14 Oct 2026 · screener
Latest result07 Aug, 02:24 am IST
Score21 Oct, 04:30 am IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags02 May 2026
Coverage14/14 · 100%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · IT P/E 21.4 (n=204)
Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

55Neutral

full bear SMA stack · SMA20 -10.0% / mo · MACD + · sector +19.3pp vs Nifty 500 (3M)

Stock trend: 25
Sector RS: 100
Sector 3M: +13.7% vs Nifty 500 -5.6%
IT FPI tailwindNot confirmed

Latest mapped FPI equity flow was not positive. View sector evidence

Technical chart

SONATSOFTWD candles · FIT view-7.5%
Latest close ₹240.50 on 2026-10-21
Bar
+0.0%
RSI
35
MACD hist
0.20
52W pos
17%
Visible chart range
Candle interval
2026-10-21O ₹240.50H ₹247.00L ₹238.20C ₹240.50Vol 12.4L sh
₹229.14₹263.28₹297.42₹331.57₹365.71₹240.502026-032026-06VolRSIMACD2026-042026-062026-082026-092026-11
Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal
Market context

Relative performance and chart statistics

Adjusted completed-session prices, rebased to 100

SONATSOFTWNifty ITNifty 500
-25%-10%+5%+19%21 Jul2 Sept21 Oct21 Oct 2026SONATSOFTW -20.5%Nifty IT +12.0%Nifty 500 -6.5%
SONATSOFTW
-20.5%
Nifty 500
-6.5%
Nifty IT
+12.0%
Vs Nifty 500
-14.0 pp
Chart stats
21 Oct 2026
From 52W high
-40.0%
₹400.5
52W range position
17%
₹207.2 - ₹400.5
ATR (14)
4.9%
₹11.8
Volume vs 20D
0.88x
Latest completed session
Avg traded value
₹36.1 Cr
20-session average
20D price channel
₹235.4 - ₹286.7
31.9% annualized volatility
Research snapshot

What the evidence says now

Investable fundamentals, management evidence is still limited to a financial-only Trust Lite signal, price trend is neutral, and recent execution is mixed.

Suggested next step
Research, do not rush
The evidence is not strongly aligned. Compare peers and wait for a cleaner setup.
U-Score
Legacy · UNDERVALUED
66

Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.

Latest result
Bad
0

Revenue +10.6% · PAT -0.9% YoY

Technical
Neutral
55

Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.

Valuation
Legacy model
+54.6%

Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.

Trust
Limited evidence
79

Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.

Financials

Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Bad · 0/100

PAT -1% YoY · margin compression · Rev +11% YoY · +29% QoQ

Filed 06 Aug 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹3,279 Cr+10.6%+29.3%
EBITDA₹171 Cr+6.9%-18.2%
Operating margin5.0%+0 bps-300 bps
PAT₹108 Cr-0.9%-16.9%
PAT margin3.3%-39 bps-184 bps

NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
13.80
P/B
3.68
EV/EBITDA
9.00
Market Cap
7005.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
28.20%
ROCE
30.70%
ROA
9.29%
Dividend Y
3.17%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
20.00%
EPS 5Y
16.00%
Revenue 3Y
13.00%
EPS 3Y
4.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.38
Interest Coverage
12.97×
Altman Z
4.74
Book Value
67.90

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
4.70%
FCF Positive Y
10/5
OCF
538.00 Cr
EPS TTM
16.52

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
28.17%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
22%

Financial History

Updated 20/10/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
Latest: 1,367+37.9% vs prev
01367Mar 2017: 593Mar 2018: 689Mar 2019: 829Mar 2020: 877Mar 2021: 781Mar 2022: 758Mar 2023: 921Mar 2024: 950Mar 2025: 991Mar 2026: 1,367FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Net Profit

₹ Cr
Latest: 279+30.4% vs prev
0359.0Mar 2017: 133Mar 2018: 151Mar 2019: 172Mar 2020: 211Mar 2021: 179Mar 2022: 235Mar 2023: 220Mar 2024: 359Mar 2025: 214Mar 2026: 279FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Return on Equity

%
Latest: 34.2+28.4% vs prev
056.6Mar 2017: 28.4%Mar 2018: 30.8%Mar 2019: 32.3%Mar 2020: 56.6%Mar 2021: 33.8%Mar 2022: 41.2%Mar 2023: 39.7%Mar 2024: 50.8%Mar 2025: 26.6%Mar 2026: 34.2%FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Technicals

Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence

Daily technical trend read

Bearish setup

Trend is weak — long-term trend down. RSI 35.

  • Price < SMA20 < SMA50 < SMA200 — full bearish stack.
  • Recent death cross (SMA50 crossed below SMA200).
  • SMA20 falling (~11.1% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
  • RSI(14) at 35 — sideways, no extreme reading.
  • MACD above signal but histogram contracting — bullish momentum cooling.
  • 40% off 52W high · 16% above 52W low.

Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.

Nifty 500 leadership

Relative Strength & Trend Stage

11
RS percentile
Stage 1 Base / Transition
1M return
-12.5%
3M return
-22.6%
6M return
-10.6%
1Y return
-35.3%
RS 1D
-2
RS 20D
-23
Sector rank
#2
Industry rank
#5
Stage evidence
  • Price is 12.9% below the 30-week proxy without full trend alignment.
  • The 30-week proxy changed +0.2% over 20 sessions.
  • The moving-average structure does not confirm Stage 2 or Stage 4.
50-DMA
price below
200-DMA
price below
Sector
leading
Industry
leading
Relative-strength line vs Nifty 500 (base 100)
262 observations
21 Oct 2026Value 72.98+1.28%
667788100111Sept 25Feb 26Jun 26Oct 2673
RS vs Nifty 50073

Valuation & peers

U-Score 66 · legacy U-Score band UNDERVALUED · valuation evidence and comparable companies

66U-SCORE
Financial Turnaround

Fundamental score breakdown

U band · UNDERVALUED
Valuation15/30
Growth11/25
Quality17/20
Balance Sheet9/15
Cash Flow9/10
Piotroski
7/9 (+5)
Penalties
0
Raw sum
66

Why this score?

Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.

66/100 · legacy band UNDERVALUED

Positive drivers

  • FCF yield is supportive at 4.7%.
  • Piotroski is strong at 7/9.
  • Fair-value margin of safety is positive at 54.6%.

Main drags

  • Growth is weaker at 11/25; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Valuation is weaker at 15/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Balance sheet is weaker at 9/15; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model

IT valuation: PE and EV/EBITDA against growth and margins

Asset-light IT companies deserve valuation support only when growth, margins, and cash conversion hold up.

IT PE/EVEBITDA
Primary lens
PE and EV/EBITDA relative to revenue growth, margins, and cash conversion.
Secondary checks
Deal pipeline, attrition, dollar revenue growth, FCF yield.
Main risk check
Low PE can reflect weak growth or margin pressure.
PE
13.8
PB
3.7
EV/EBITDA
9.0
ROE
28.2%
ROCE
30.7%
FCF Yield
4.7%
Debt/Equity
0.4
MoS
+54.6%
Score movement

Stored run vs live recompute

This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.

Stored run: 21 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
66
Previous: 66
Legacy U-Score band
UNDERVALUED
Previous: UNDERVALUED
Margin of safety
+54.6%
Previous: +54.8%

Score history

12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.

21 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
66
66
66
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
66
66

Factor attribution

No pillar movement versus the latest stored run. Historical score trend will appear after snapshot storage is enabled.

Modelled fair value

Graham Number
₹158.87
-51.4% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
32.1
Growth-justified Value
₹530.29
+54.6% MoS
PEG
1.23

Comparable companies

Peers

Business-comparable peers in IT — ranked by industry, sub-sector, theme-tag overlap, market cap, and U-Score similarity. Green cells mark the best available peer metric in this table.

Compare all ↗
Ticker
Name
Why peer
Score
PE
ROE
MoS
Verdict
NEWGEN
Large
Newgen Software Technologies Limited
IT Services / Digital
match 167
63
19.8
19.6%
+32%
UNDERVALUED
MAPMYINDIA
Large
C.E. Info Systems Limited
IT Services / Digital
match 163
38
36.7
12.0%
-8%
WATCHLIST
SHILCTECH
Small
Shilchar Technologies Limited
IT Services / Digital
match 158
59
33.6
37.8%
-0%
FAIR VALUE
MPSLTD
Small
MPS Limited
IT Services / Digital
match 158
62
23.3
29.7%
+31%
UNDERVALUED
BSOFT
Large
BIRLASOFT LIMITED
IT Services / Digital
match 158
61
14.0
14.1%
+60%
UNDERVALUED

Business, management & trust

Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery

Business and thesis

Where growth can come from, and what can break the case

Thesis intactReviewed 2026-06-03T18:38:52.699Z
Management commentary snapshot

Consolidated PAT grew 25.0% QoQ and 9.3% YoY. International Services revenue grew 0.6% QoQ (reported) and 1.1% YoY (reported), with constant currency growth of 2.0% QoQ and 27.6% YoY. International EBITDA accretion was 0.7% QoQ and 1.5% YoY.

Sonata Software demonstrated strong sequential PAT growth and robust constant currency YoY growth in International Services, driven by strategic focus on Cloud & Data, AI, and large deal wins. High utilization and improving ROCE/RONW indicate operational efficiency. The shift towards modernization and AI-led solutions aligns with market demand.

Current business mix

International Services Revenue by GTM (Q4 FY26)

Latest issuer-disclosed distribution across 5 reported categories.

Businessmix
Cloud53.0%
Dynamic22.0%
Data15.0%
Emerging3.0%
Others7.0%
Growth engines

Large Deals

2 large deals won during Q4 FY26, with 43% of active pipeline consisting of large deals.

Cloud & Data

Cloud & Data pipeline is 57%; increased as a percentage of revenue from 52% to 65% in FY26.

AI & Modernization

AI Win of $13.7M; AI led Pipeline of $335M.

Verticals & Partnerships

Focus on MS Sell to, HLS, BFSI, TMT; AWS and MS Sell with.

Capacity and execution

New Capability Center

Extended engineering team with a new capability center in India for a large deal win.

New Office Launch

New office launch reinforcing growth and delivery capacity for a large deal win.

Tailwinds

Microsoft Partnership

30+ years of partnership, named in Inner Circle for Microsoft Business Application 2025-26, generating $650M+ per annum revenue to Microsoft.

Enterprise Agility Demand

Management's POV states the need to adapt and evolve will get faster, and enterprise agility will be key, hence demand outweighs efficiency in the mid-term.

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Issuer guidance and extracted claims are tracked against later reported outcomes. Treat these as management statements, not IndiaPulse forecasts.

Analyst reading lens
Compare BOTH

For IT services, both sequential (QoQ) performance indicates recent momentum and project execution, while annual (YoY) growth provides a broader view of business expansion and mitigates seasonality.

Sector KPIs management disclosed

Consolidated PAT Growth

25.0% QoQ, 9.3% YoY

International Services Revenue Growth (Reported)

0.6% QoQ, 1.1% YoY

International Services Revenue Growth (Constant Currency)

2.0% QoQ, 27.6% YoY

International EBITDA Accretion

0.7% QoQ, 1.5% YoY

Management forward view

Modernization Focus

Sonata will drive enterprise velocity for clients through AI-led business process transformation, industry solutions, legacy modernization, platform creation, and SaaS surround.

SITL Strategy

Three-pillar strategy for Sonata Information Technology Limited (SITL): Grow Core Reselling/Platform, Expand Managed Services, and India IT Services.

Sustainability Targets

Targeting Net Zero Emission by 2050, Single Use Plastic Free certified, and 100% Tier 1 suppliers ESG compliant.

Thesis monitor

Numbers and claims to verify in the next filings

CheckpointCurrent evidenceWhat to verify next
Large Deals Pipeline43% of active pipeline consists of large deals; 37% with Fortune 500 clients.Conversion rate and continued growth in large deal wins.
Cloud & Data Revenue MixIncreased from 52% to 65% of revenue in FY26.Further increase in the percentage of revenue from Cloud & Data services.
International Services Utilization91.8% in Q4 FY26.Maintenance of high utilization rates while scaling operations.
AI Led Pipeline$335M.Conversion of AI-led pipeline into revenue and new AI-related deal wins.

Verification checkpoints are IndiaPulse research interpretation, not investment advice.

Trust Score
79Limited evidence · low confidenceTrust Lite

Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.

Limited evidence: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 88th percentile of the scored universe and 84th percentile within IT. No major sub-score weakness stands out.

This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.

Computed 21 Oct 2026
management-trust-v1
141 docs text-extracted · 50 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Limited evidence

Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.

Relative rank
88th percentile

overall median 67 · IT: 84th pctile, median 69 · Large: 74th pctile, median 73

Evidence depth
Financial-only

141 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.

Claim delivery
Outcome history still building

0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet

How to read this Trust Score

Limited evidence · low confidence
What it measures
Reliability of management and financial delivery, using financial behaviour only.
Confidence
Treat this as an early read until more concalls and outcomes are matched.
Investor use
Can support position sizing if valuation and trend also agree.

Read Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.

Forensic breakdown

Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.

Promoter
78
strong · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
77
strong · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
89
strong · leverage and solvency
Discipline
82
strong · capital discipline
Results
63
acceptable · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • ▸Promoter pledge is zero.
  • ▸FCF yield is positive at 4.7%.
  • ▸10 years of positive FCF.
  • ▸ROCE is 30.7%.

Trust risks

  • ▸No major Trust Lite risk flags.

Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.

Important announcements & filings

Latest exchange and company disclosures found within the past two years.

5 shown
Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 15 Sep

Source: Bse

Open source ↗
Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 8 Jul - Copy of Newspaper Publication of notice of 31st Annual General Meeting.

Source: Bse

Open source ↗
Annual report

Reg. 34 (1) Annual Report. 7 Jul

Source: Bse

Open source ↗
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All information is for study purposes only. For investment decisions, consult your financial advisor. See Playbook for methodology.